Portals and Aliens

Around 10-20 years ago, people realized that a bunch of aliens exist & that we can build portals which can summon them. The bigger the portal you make, the bigger the alien it can admit. These portals and aliens have several characteristics: We can't go through the portals into the aliens’ side. We can only learn about the aliens by studying the ones we’ve summoned. This relationship is not symmetrical. The aliens know a lot about our world. You can't specify exactly which alien will walk through your portal. You can, however, build the portal so that it is likely to summon aliens with one or another property. Most importantly, bigger aliens can do more things. If you can harness them, you can amass more money and more power. With each alien we pull out, we get some insight into what other aliens are out there. We’ve never been sure how big the aliens in that other dimension might get. But we're getting evidence that some of the aliens might be bigger than we could have ever imagined. If you summon the Giant Alien, you might be able to harness it and accumulate an incomprehensible amount of power. Now, there is a desperate scramble to find the Giant Alien. In this scramble, the portal makers are prioritizing summoning aliens which are uniquely good at building portals, so that they can get bigger aliens faster. Unfortunately, we don't understand the portals & we certainly don't understand the aliens which are helping us build the portals. The only thing we see is that the portal is getting bigger. We don't know what's about to walk through it. Nonetheless, we will soon have a giant portal. And something will walk through it. Inspired by this description by an anonymous openai exec. Discuss

Around 10-20 years ago, people realized that a bunch of aliens exist & that we can build portals which can summon them.

The bigger the portal you make, the bigger the alien it can admit.

We can't go through the portals into the aliens’ side. We can only learn about the aliens by studying the ones we’ve summoned.

This relationship is not symmetrical. The aliens know a lot about our world

You can't specify exactly which alien will walk through your portal.

However, you can build the portal so that it is more likely to summon aliens with one or another property.

Most importantly, bigger aliens can do more things. If you can harness them, you can amass more money and more power.

With each alien we pull out, we get some insight into what other aliens are out there.

We’ve never been sure how big the aliens in that other dimension might get. But, with each month, we're getting more evidence that some of the aliens might be bigger than we could have ever imagined.

If you summon the Giant Alien, you might be able to harness it and accumulate an incomprehensible amount of power.

Now, there is a desperate scramble to find the Giant Alien.

In this scramble, the portal makers are prioritizing summoning aliens which are uniquely good at building portals, so that they can get bigger aliens faster.

Unfortunately, we don't understand the portals & we certainly don't understand the aliens which are helping us build the portals.

The only thing we see is that the portal is getting bigger.

We don't know what's about to walk through it.

Nonetheless, the portal will soon be Giant and something will walk through it.

Inspired by this description by an anonymous openai exec.

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Portals and Aliens

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